Lok Sabha election date announcement Live Updates: Poll dates to be out at 3 pm
The schedule for the Lok Sabha polls is set to be announced by the Election Commission at 3 pm on Saturday. In the last parliamentary polls, the BJP had won 303 seats while the Congress got 52 seats. The Lok Sabha polls were announced on March 10 and held in seven phases beginning April 11. Votes were counted on May 23. The term of the present Lok Sabha ends on June 16 and a new House has to be constituted before that. The term of the assemblies in Andhra Pradesh, Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh and Odisha is coming to an end on various dates in June.